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Dedicated Gamer Hits Borderlands 2 Level Cap In Just 43 Hours

Have you hit the level cap in Borderlands 2 yet? No? ...well, what's taking so long?

Gearbox's epic adventure is big. It'd take some time to max out a character. But if you're a dedicated championship gamer like Matt Siegfried, you take that length (and the requisite difficulty) as an acceptable challenge. In other words...bring it.

And so, after picking up the amazing Borderlands 2 at a midnight launch, he went home with the burning desire to be the very first to hit that Lv. 50 cap. Well, he has apparently done it, maxing out in exactly 43 hours and 15 minutes. You can see his entire run at the linked TwitchTV page, but we recommend not spending 43 hours watching it. It's enough to know he did it.

I have to say, though, being nothing but a lowly slow player, these speed runs confuse me. I don't even know why I'd want to do such a thing, other than to set the record. Great games are meant to be savored. Hell, I tried to make each Uncharted last weeks (even though that turned out to be impossible). What's this new obsession with going as fast as humanly possible? Savor, I say, savor.

You want to know why a gamer would WANT to do this? There is a trophy for hitting level 50. You want to be the first one to have the Borderlands 2 platinum, you need to be the first one to hit level 50. The trophy whores have websites showing member leaderboards for things like this. Beyond a doubt, that's why this nut raced through B2.

I like speed running in games when it is a mode or a challenge built into it.

For example Rayman:Origins had the BEST speed run challenges me and my friends have done in a long time. We also had fun with the speed run challenges in Alien Swarm.

Now I never do a speed run if its not built into the game my first play through. If its a game that has the speed run feel to it I might go for one my second try. But in general I only like doing them if they are built in challenges.

I still cant believe he hit it that fast. I think I'm doing something wrong as I feel like I'm leveling up really slow in borderlands 2. Maybe its because I'm spending a lot of my time going for badass challenges :\ who knows. Still a great game but I can't pull myself away from guild wars 2 long enough to sink enough time into it yet.